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Horst Sachtleben (24 September 1930 – 23 May 2022) was a German actor, voice actor and stage director. He is known for his acting in Um Himmels Willen, a television series in 197 episodes between 2002 and 2020. On stage, he was engaged at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin, Schauspielhaus Zürich and Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich. As a voice artist, he dubbed Peter Falk in Columbo, Peter Fonda and Woody Allen, among others.

Horst Sachtleben
Born	(1930-09-24)24 September 1930 Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Died	23 May 2022(2022-05-23) (aged 91) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Stage actor Film actor Stage director Voice actor
Awards	Bayerischer Staatspreis Hersfeld-Preis

Early life

Sachtleben was born on 24 September 1930 in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, where he undertook theater studies.[1] He took acting classes at the same time.[2]

Acting career

Sachtleben had various stage engagements, including at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin, Schauspielhaus in Zürich, and Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich.[1]

Sachtleben played the role of Bishop Gottlieb Rossbauer in the ARD series Um Himmels Willen between 2002 and 2020 in 197 episodes,[3] in which Fritz Wepper played the leading role.[4]

Sachtleben worked alongside Caroline Link (Jenseits der Stille),[5] Matti Geschonneck (Jenseits der Liebe),[6] Vivian Naefe (Eine ungehorsame Frau), Dennis Gansel (Das Phantom), Kai Wessel (Mein Bruder, der Idiot), Rolf Silber (Ein Sommertraum) and many others.[7] In 2004, Sachtleben shot the short film Vorletzter Abschied (Heiko Hahn),[8] which was shown on several festivals and won the German short film award 2005.[9] In 2005, he toured with the play Ein Inspektor kommt (Barry Goldmann).[10] In 2010, Sachtleben played in Schiller's Wilhelm Tell at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele,[5] and won the Hersfeld Prize ("Großer Hersfeld-Preis").[11]

Sachtleben was also a voice actor. He dubbed Peter Falk in many Columbo episodes, also Harvey Keitel, Peter Fonda, Woody Allen and Jim Broadbent (as Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter films).[12][13]. Animation dubbing roles include Zugor in the dub of Tarzan 2[14] and Daisuke Jigen (whose name was anglicized to "Dan Dee") in the 1984 dub of The Castle of Cagliostro.[15] He worked as a radio play director for the Bayerischer Rundfunk.[16]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sachtleben withdrew from the profession.[2]

Directing career

Sachtleben directed Hebbel's drama Maria Magdalena [de] at the Residenztheater in Munich among other plays.[17]

Personal life

Sachtleben was married to the Swiss actress Pia Hänggi [de] for 47 years and lived in Pöcking, near Munich.[1][18] He died on 22 May 2022 in Munich, at the age of 91.[12]

Awards

• 1967 Bayerischer Staatspreis[12]
• 1977 Bayerischer Staatsschauspieler[1]
• 2010 Hersfeld-Preis[19]

Films

• Photo Finish [de] (Endspurt) (1970)[20]
• Derrick – Season 2, Episode 01: "Mitternachtsbus" (1975)[21]
• Derrick – Season 3, Episode 11: "Das Superding" (1976)[21]
• Derrick – Season 5, Episode 10: "Der Spitzel" (1978)[21]
• Derrick – Season 8, Episode 09: "Der Untermieter" (1981)[21]
• Um Himmels Willen (TV series) – Season 1–19 (2002–2020)[16][22]
• Über den Tag hinaus [de] (2015)[5]

References

External links

• Horst Sachtleben at IMDb
• Heppeler Agency (in German and English)
• Short Biography (in German)

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